If you want to sell the game cheaper, then you lower the price on all plaforms. Valve doesn’t dictate prices, publishers do.
Steam does take a 30% cut when you sell a game on steam, but if you don’t want to pay that, and still provide a steam key, you can sell the game on your platform for the same list price and pocket the 30% yourself. Valve gives keys out for free for this sole purpose.
If you want to sell the game cheaper, and not provide a steam key for your user, you are free to do so at any price too.
The thing you aren’t allowed to do is sell the game for cheaper than on Steam, and still give a free Steam key with the game.
Did Rainbow six siege on ubisoft connect include a steam key at any point? In the article it just states that they had a cheaper version of the game and valve threatened to take R6 out of steam.
Am I missing something?
This is not about other sites selling steam keys. This is about other stores fronts entirely.
Steam it’s abusing it’s monopoly like position to keep prices artificially high across the board. Stop licking their boots.
If you want to sell the game cheaper, then you lower the price on all plaforms. Valve doesn’t dictate prices, publishers do.
Steam does take a 30% cut when you sell a game on steam, but if you don’t want to pay that, and still provide a steam key, you can sell the game on your platform for the same list price and pocket the 30% yourself. Valve gives keys out for free for this sole purpose.
If you want to sell the game cheaper, and not provide a steam key for your user, you are free to do so at any price too.
The thing you aren’t allowed to do is sell the game for cheaper than on Steam, and still give a free Steam key with the game.
Did Rainbow six siege on ubisoft connect include a steam key at any point? In the article it just states that they had a cheaper version of the game and valve threatened to take R6 out of steam. Am I missing something?